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Abbreviated  Longhand 


THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


5 


ABBREVIATED  LONGHAND. 


BY 


WALLACE   RITCHIE. 


B.  0.  D'VKEH 

LAVv'VlR 

DALLAS,  TEXAS 


SECOND   AMERICAN  EDITION. 


CHICAGO: 
J.    B.    HULING. 

1885. 


SUGGESTIONS 


Punctuation  and  Capitalization. 


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The  want  of  a  simple  volume  of  this  character 
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out  resort  to  obscure  language,  it  may  be  compre- 
hended by  anyone  who  has  ordinary  knowledge  of 
composition.  Especially  should  the  subjects  treated 
of  be  studied  by  whoever  writes  for  publication, 
since  printers,  to  whom  the  responsibility  is  usually 
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ing clerks  is  becoming  general,  and  in  this  direction 
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afforded.  Type  writing  makes  all  errors  more 
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a  clear  understanding  of  the  matter  no  less  than  to 
have  correct  orthography. 

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KNKiHT  ft  LEONARD,  I'RINTEKS,  CHICAGO. 


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DALLAS,  TEXAS 


ABBREVIATED  LONGHAND. 


INTRODUCTORY   REMARKS. 

IN  the  august  presence  of  a  myriad  of  much  more  elab- 
orate treatises  which  speak  lengthily  of  the  history  of 
Stenography,  and  proclaim  rather  loudly  respectmg  its 
indispensability,  and  each  of  which,  by  the  way,  dwells  to 
no  mean  extent  upon  the  particular  advantages  of  its  own 
views,  we  shall  confine  ourselves  humbly  to  merely  making 
one  or  two  remarks,  and  then  proceeding  to  develop  our 
system,  always  being  particularly  careful  to  use  as  few  and. 
as  plain  words  as  possible.  We  shall,  indeed,  as  Shake- 
speare says,  "imitate  the  honorable  Romans  in  brevity," 
on  every  point,  well  knowing,  on  the  authority  of  the  same 
great  bard,  that  by  so  doing  we  shall  approach  as  near  as  is 
in  our  meager  power  to  the  soul  of  wit. 

Of  the  origin  of  Stenography  we  can  only  repeat  tradi- 
tion, and  say  that  a  series  of  arbitrary  characters  was  com- 
piled by  the  great  Xenophon  himself,  which  constituted  the 
first  attempt  at  abbreviated  writing  among  the  Greeks ; 
while  among  the  Romans,  a  worthy  encyclopaedia  informs 
us,  Ennius  invented  a  system  of  Brachygraphy  consisting 
of  one  thousand  one  hundred  different  signs,  to  begin  with, 
all  of  which  were  perfectly  original.  This  little  list  was  to 
be  supplemented  by  further  hieroglyphics  as  occasion  re- 
quired, and  as  the  poet's  brain  grew  collective. 


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4  ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 

It  would  be  superfluous  to  adduce  any  facts  or  arguments 
with  the  view  of  proving  that  at  the  present  time  Shorthand 
is  totally  indispensable  as  regards  the  Press  ;  and  but  little 
assurance  is  requisite  to  give  the  conviction  that  it  has  now 
come  to  be  almost  equally  indispensable  in  commerce.  As 
ample  verification  of  this,  it  will  be  sufficient  to  give  refer- 
ence to  the  advertisement  columns  of  a  daily  newspaper. 
This  will  show  that  it  is  now  nearly  an  absolute  necessity 
that  clerks  in  particular  should  become  acquainted  with  one 
system  or  another;  and  when  the  fact  is  considered  that 
this  acquaintance,  consequent  upon  the  demand,  is  rapidly 
growing  universal,  the  prediction  that  in  a  short  time  suc- 
cess, and  perhaps  even  subsistence  itself,  will,  without  it, 
border  very  closely  upon  an  impossibility,  will  not  appear 
too  extremely  unreasonable.  Even  now  it  is  often  the  case 
that  employers  will  engage  only  those  who  know  Shorthand, 
not  because  its  practice  will  be  required,  but  because  they 
consider,  and  not  without  good  and  just  sense,  that  one 
who  has  attained  an  art  demanding  so  much  intellectual 
vivacity  is  not  likely  to  be  of  a  slow  disposition  in  any  other 
direction,  and  also  because  they  know  no  great  difficulty  is 
experienced  in  procuring  those  with  such  a  knowledge. 

There  are  many  systems  of  Shorthand  in  existence,  and 
much  do  they  vary  as  to  their  approach  to  perfection. 
Some  are  good,  some  are  bad ;  many  are  the  most  mis- 
named things  on  the  earth  when  called  systems  of  short- 
hand,  while  one  or  two  are  for  brevity  all  that  can  be 
desired,  and  such  as  will  not,  in  every  probability,  be 
excelled.  Much,  however,  as  these  previous  methods  dif- 
fer, they  are  all  in  unity  on  one  point,  and  that  is  the 
extreme  difficulty  of  mastery.  With  many  persons  it  is 
known  to  be  quite  labor  in  vain  to  attempt  the  study,  and 
it  may  be  fearlessly  asserted  that  out  of  twenty  who  really 
determine  (at  starting)  to  succeed,  not  more  than  one,  on 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND.  5 

the  average,  reaches  so  far  as  moderate  perfection.  The 
length  of  time  obligatory,  the  extremely  close  application 
demanded,  the  great  sense  of  monotony,  and  the  discour- 
agement experienced  by  having  had  hours  of  study  and 
weeks  of  practice  with  no  apparent  progress,  are  rather 
natural  excuses  for  despair  and  ultimate  discontinuance. 

What,  then,  is  wanted  is  a  system  easy  to  learn,  and  it  is 
with  no  small  spirit  of  pride  that  we  introduce  our  method 
as  competent  to  meet  this  important  requirement.  In 
reviewing  a  former  edition  of  this  book,  a  popular  phono- 
graphic periodical  expresses  the  opinion  that  the  system  is 
so  simple  as  to  be  learnable  in  ten  miitutes.  We  do  not 
profess  this,  but  confidently  assert  that  with  two  hours' 
study  and  a  fortnight's  practice  it  can  be  so  completely 
attained  as  to  enable  the  student  to,  by  its  use,  take  con- 
densed reports  of  speeches,  sermons,  lectures,  etc.  The 
supposition  must  not  be  entertained  that  this  system  pre- 
tends to  vie  with  the  more  complicated  methods  in  regard 
to  swiftness  in  application,  and  we  plainly  acknowledge 
that  it  would  not  be  sufficiently  brief  for  verbatim  reporting. 
Our  principal  principle  is  not  rapidity  in  action,  but  the 
extremely  small  amount  of  study  and  practice  sufficient  for 
thorough  mastery,  and  it  is  in  this  particular  that  superse- 
dence over  all  former  systems  is  claimed. 

The  greatest  help  to  that  extreme  simplicity  of  which  this 
system  boasts,  is  contained  in  the  fact  that,  instead  of  the 
usual  perplexing  lines  and  heartrending  curves,  and  dots 
which  dazzle  the  eye  with  their  unfathomable  brilliancy, 
and  demi-semi-circular  monstrosities  which  generally  give 
one  the  idea  of  nothing  more  nor  less  than  bosh,  the  ordi- 
nary manuscript  letters  of  the  alphabet  are  used. 

Although  this  system  is  mostly  intended  for  adoption  in 
mercantile  matters,  even  the  professional  shorthand  writer, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  may  already  know  a  more 


6  ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 

intricate  method,  will  derive  much  benefit  from  the  devo- 
tion of  a  little  time  to  the  study  of  our  rules  ;  for,  besides 
the  unquestionable  acquisition  of  being  able  to  use  it  for 
transcriptions  in  the  place  of  the  ordinary  longhand  (seeing 
that  any  compositor,  with  but  a  glance  at  the  instructions, 
could  read  the  abbreviated  writing),  he  could  successfully 
adopt  it  where  only  condensed  reports  are  required,  and 
thus  save  the  labor  of  translation  altogether, 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

1.  In  the  outset  it  may  be  well  to  summarize  the  charac- 
teristics of  this  system  by  simply  explaining  that  in  all 
cases  we  write  only  the  letters  which  are  prominently 
sounded  ;  use  such  prefixes,  affixes,  and  understood  repre- 
sentations as  will  be  found  in  the  tabulated  alphabetical 
arrangement  on  a  subsequent  page;  and  introduce  just  a 
few  arbitrary  significations  to  make  short  work  of  certain 
much  used  words  and  phrases. 

2.  Method  of  Spelling. — The  following  few  examples 
will  sufficiently  illustrate  the  manner  in  which  simple  words 
are  to  be  spelt :  Head,  hd;  express,  xprs ;  water,  wtr; 
accord,  akrd;  reference,  rfrns;  oblige,  oblg;  good,  gd. 

3.  Vowels. — As  a  rule,  vowels  will  be  entirely  omitted  ; 
but  there  are  cases  where,  for  the  purpose  of  expeditious 
transcribing,  it  is  most  necessary  to  insert  them.  These 
occur  generally  when  the  word  commences  with  a  vowel, 
but  the  system  to  be  observed  is  only  to  write  them  when 
prominently  sounded. 

4.  Diphthongs  will  also  be  written  only  when  distinctly 
pronounced. 

5.  Figures  are  to  be  represented  in  the  ordinary  manner. 

6.  The  following  Alphabetical  Table  must  be  carefully 
studied,  and  the  significations,  prefixes,  and  terminations 
committed  to  memory: 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 


Letters. 

Words. 

Prefixes. 

Terminations. 

a 

after 

b 

but 

-ably 

c 

certain 

circum- 

-brance 

(  -ford,  -hood, 

d 

delay 

dis-,  discon- 

■|  -tude,  -stand, 
(  -ward 

E 

Each 

f 

from 

for- 

S 

give 

-ing 

H 

have 

hypo- 

-with 

I 

Indeed 

J 

Just 

K 

know,     acknowl- 

j con-,  com-, 
(       accom- 

-kind 

edge 

1 

all 

-able 

m 

much 

magni- 

-dom 

N 

Nothing,  Enclose 

\  under-,  inter-, 
1        intro- 

-tion,  -sion 

O 

only,  oblige 

P 

please 

pre-,  pro- 

-ship 

Q 

Question 

R 

are,  reply 

recom- 

-ember 

S 

Sure 

super- 

j  -gress,  -less, 
/  -ness 

T 

that 

trans- 

j  -ment,-stract, 
I  -struct 

U 

you,  understand 

V 

value 

-tive 

W 

which 

X 

express 

extra- 

Y 

your 

-ary,  -ity 

Z 

thank  you 

G  ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 

7.  Prefixes. — The  letters  representing  the  various  pre- 
fixes should  be  separated  from  the  body  of  the  word  by  a 
dash ;  but  where  unusual  swiftness  is  required  this  slight 
incumbrance  can  be  dispensed  with.  It  is  advisable,  how- 
ever, to  attend  to  this  rule  wherever  practicable,  and,  as  it 
constitutes  the  correct  way,  our  exercises  are  written  ac- 
cordingly. 

8.  Terminations. — The  letters  when  signifying  affixes 
should  be  written  slightly  above  the  foregoing  portion  of 
the  word  ;  in  the  same  manner,  in  fact,  as  is  adopted  when 
abbreviating  ordinary  writing. 

9.  Special  List  of  Terminations. — The  following  ter- 
minations can  be  represented  by  their  respective  significa- 
tions written  in  capital  letters: — 


-ingly     .     . 

.     Y- 

-fulness  . 

.     .     S 

-lessly    . 

.     .     L 

-fully      .     . 

.     .     F 

-tionable     . 

.     T 

-tivity     .     . 

.     .    V 

■ability  .     . 

.     B 

-ishness  . 

.     .     I 

In  these  cases  the  affix  will  be  placed  upon  the  line. 

ID.  Names  should  generally  be  written  in  full,  but  where 
old  acquaintance  exists  abbreviations  may  be  used.  This 
rule  and  exception  refers  also  to  the  names  of  countries, 
towns,  etc. 

11.  Punctuation.— It  is  not  absolutely  necessary  that 
any  points  whatever  be  inserted,  as  they  can  be  fully  ex- 
pressed by  leaving  a  small  extra  space  between  the  words 
where  they  should  in  longhand  appear.  When  there  is 
time,  however,  it  is  best  to  introduce  the  stops,  and  also  to 
commence  a  fresh  paragraph  where  required. 

12.  Capitals. — Capital  letters  can  be  used  in  the  same 
order  as  in  ordinary  manuscript ;  but  it  is  better  to  be  spar- 
ing with  them,  as,  as  a  rule,  they  are  more  difficult  to  form 
than  small  letters.     Where  single  letters  represent  words. 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 


9 


they  can  be  written  in  either  capitals  or  smalls,  according 
as  is  easiest  in  each  case. 

13.  Miscellaneous  Abbrevl\tions. — There  are  many- 
words  and  phrases  which,  on  account  of  their  frequent 
occurrence,  demand  special  application.  The  list  here 
given  may  be  added  to  by  the  student  as  found  requisite, 
but  great  care  must  be  exercised  so  that,  in  an  over  anxiety 
to  make  things  short,  they  are  not  made  uncommonly  long. 


with  which  we 
yesterday  . 
To-day 
To-morrow    . 
without      .     . 
To-night  .     . 
Half  an  hour 
Quarter  of  an  hour 


W/W 

y/d 
T/d 
T/m 

w/'- 
TN 
HH 
Q,H 


Three  months 

3/m 

Three  days     .     . 

3/D 

Three  weeks  .     . 

3/w 

Three  years    .     . 

3/y 

Four  months,  &c. 

4/m  &c. 

with  reference  to 

RT 

I  beg  to  say    .     . 

B/S 

14.  "Of  the." — The  word  "of, "being  greatly  used,  can 
be  understood  by  the  sign  of  a  line  drawn  thus  \,  and  the 
word  "the"  by  a  stroke  in  the  opposite  direction,  thus  /. 
By  this  arrangement  the  very  frequent  double  "of  the  "  can 
be  joined  so  as  to  form  a  cross,  thus  X. 

15.  The  word  "  and"  will  be  best  represented  by  its  usual 
sign  "  &." 

16.  Where  a  preposition  and  an  affix  form  the  whole  of  a 
wor^,  only  one  must  be  represented  by  its  letter  significa- 
tion, the  remainder  being  spelt  as  sounded. 


EXERCISES. 

A  fox,  very  hungry,  chanced  to  come  into  a  vineyard, 
a  /x,     vri      jiiigri,       chnsd      t      km      nto    a      vnyrd, 

where  hung  branches  of  charming  ripe  grapes,  but  nailed 
wr      hug       brnchs     \       chrmS        rp       grps,       b       iild 


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up  to  a  trellis  so  high,  that  he  leaped  till  he  quite  tired 
p     t    a    trlis      si,         t       e       Ipd       tl     e       qt       trd 
himself,  without  being  able  to  reach  one  of  them.     At  last, 

imslf,  zuj-         bs       abl     t      rch      on    \    thin.         t    1st, 

"Let  who  will  take  them,"  says  he,  "they  are  but  green 

"Z^      wo     zvl     tk      thm,"       ss      e,     "  tha     r      b      gm 
and  sour,  so  I'll  even  let  them  alone." 

Of     sr,      s    II    evn    It    thm     alon." 

"  Now,    then,    my   hearties !"   cried   a  gallant    captain, 
"«?£;,       th7i,      m        artis !"        krd     a      glnt  kptn, 

seeing  that  his  men  were  likely  to  be  outnumbered,  "you 

seg        t      is     nm     wr      Ikli     t     b         otniiibrd  ^' u 

have  a  tough  battle  before  you.     Fight  like  heroes  till  your 

h     a      tf        btl        bfr      n.  fit       Ik      hros     tl      y 

powder's  gone, — then  cut.     I'm  a  little  lame  myself,  and  '11 

pwdrs        gn, —    thn     kt,      I'm  a    Itl      Im      mislf,      er"    '/ 

start  now." 
strt    nw." 

EXTRACT   FROM   THE   DEFENCE  SPEECH   OF 
EUGENE   ARAM. 

I  h  hrd,  m  Ird,  /  ndit'  rd,  wrn  I  fnd  mslf  chrgd  wth  / 
ist  krm,  wth  n  nrm>'  I  m  Itgthr  nkpbl  \ ;  a  fkt,  t  /  k-ms" 
\  w  thr  gos  fr  mr  nsnsB  \  hrt,  mr  p-flgsi  \  mrls,  thn  evr 
fi  t  m  It;  &  N  ps''  kd  h  dmtd  a  p-sm"  \  ths  ntr  b  a  dprv^  nt 
nfrr  t  t  mptd  t  m.  Hwvr,  s  I  stnd  ndtd  t  yr  IrdP''  br,  &  hrd 
wt  s  kid  evdns  adsd  n  sprt  \  sch  a  chrg,  I  vri  hmbli  slst  yr 
IrdP''  ptns,  &  bg  /  hrs  \  ths  rspkt**  adns,  wl  I,  sngl  &  nsklfl, 
dstt  \  frnds  &  nssted  b  knsl,  sa  smth^,  prps  Ik  arg',  n  m 
dfns.  I  shl  k-sm  b  Itl  \  yr  Irdi'''  tm:  wt  I  h  t  sa  wl  b  shrt; 
&  ths  brv>',  prb*",  wl  b  /  bst  prt  \  t:  hwvr,  t  s  ofrd  wth  1 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND.  11 

ps'  rgrd  &  /  grtst  sbms"  t  y  lrdP'»  k-sdr",  &  t  \  ths  onr'  krt. 
Frst,  m  Ird,  /  wl  tnr  \  m  k-dkt  n  If  k-trdkts  evri  prtklr 
X  ndt':  yt  hd  I  nvr  sd  ths,  dd  nt  m  p-snt  c-stnss  xtrt  t  f  m, 
&  sm  t  mk  t  ns>'.  Prmt  m  hr,  m  Ird,  t  kl  pn  mlgny  tslf,  s 
Ing  &  krli  bsid  n  ths  p-sk" ;  t  chrg  pn  m  ani  mmrly  \  w 
p-jds  ws  nt  /  othr,  No,  m  Ird,  I  k-srtd  no  skms  \  frd, 
p-jktd  no  vlns,  njrd  no  mns  prsn  r  p-prti;  my  das  wr  onstli 
Ibrs,  m  nits  ntnsli  stds;  &  I  umbli  k-sv  m  ntis  \  ths,  spsli 
t  ths  tm,  wl  nt  b  tht  mprtnnt  r  nrsn',  b  t  1st,  dsrv^  sm  atn"; 
bks,  m  Ird,  t  ni  prsn,  a  a  tmprt  us  \  If,  a  sris  \  thnks  & 
akts  rglrli,  &  w/-  on  sngl  dva"  f  sbr-^,  shd  ping  nto  /  vri 
dpth  \  p-flgsi  p-sptli  &  t  ons,  s  Itgthr  mprb'  &  nprsdntd,  & 
bsltli  nknsstnt  with  /  krs  \  thgs.  Mn''  s  nvr  krptd  t  ons; 
vlni  s  Iwas  p-grsv,  &:  dklns  f  rit  stp  a  stp,  tl  vri  rgrd  f  p-bti 
s  1st,  &  vri  sns  \  1  mrl  bg"  ttli  prshs. 

AN  EXTRACT  FROM  THE   PILGRIM'S   PROGRESS. 

CHRISTIAN    AND    GIANT    DESPAIR. 

Nw  thr  WS,  nt  fr  f  /  pis  wr  tha  la,  a  ksl  kid  Dts  Ksl,  / 
onr  wrf  ws  Gnt  Dspr;  &  t  ws  n  is  grnds  tha  nw  wr  sip?: 
wfr  e,  gte  p  n  /  mrn?  rli,  &  wk^  p  &  dn  n  is  fids,  kt  Krstn 
&  Hpfl  aslp  n  is  grnds.  Thn,  wth  a  grm  &  srli  vs,  e  bd 
thm  awk;  &  skd  thm  wns  tha  wr,  &  wt  tha  dd  n  is  grnds. 
Tha  tld  im  tha  wr  plgrms,  &  t  tha  ad  1st  thr  wa.  Thn  sd 
/  Gnt,  U  h  ths  nit  trspsd  n  me,  b  trmpls  n  &  lis  n  mi  grnds, 
&  thrfr  u  mst  go  Ing  wth  m.  So  tha  wr  frsd  t  go,  bks  e  ws 
strnger  thn  tha.  Tha  Iso  ad  b  Itl  t  sa,  fr  tha  nw  thmslvs  n 
a  fit.  /  Gnt,  thrfr,  drv  thm  bfr  im,  &  pt  thm  nto  is  ksl, 
nto  a  vri  drk  dngn,  nsti  &  stnk-  t  /  sprts  \  ths  2  mn.  Hr, 
thn,  tha  la  f  Wnsda  mrn*?  tl  Strda  nt,  w/-  on  bt  \  brd,  r  drp 
\  drnk,  r  lit,  r  ani  t  sk  hw  tha  dd;  tha  wr,  thrfr,  hr  n  evl 
ks,  &  wr  fr  f  frnds  &  akntns.  Nw  n  ths  pis  Krstn  ad  dbl 
sro,  bks  t  ws  thro  is  ndvsd  knsl  t  tha  wr  brt  nto  ths  dstrs. 


12  ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 

Now,  Gnt  Dspr  ad  a  wf,  &  hr  nm  was  Dfdns.  So  wn  e 
ws  gn  t  bd,  e  tld  is  wf  wt  e  ad  dn;  t  wit,  t  e  ad  tkn  a  kpl  \ 
prsnrs  &  kst  thm  nto  is  dngn,  fr  trspss  n  is  grnds.  Thn  e 
skd  er  Iso  wt  e  ad  bst  t  d  frthr  t  thm.  So  sh  skd  im  wt  tha 
wr,  wns  tha  km,  &  wthr  tha  wr  bnd;  &  e  tld  er.  Thn  sh 
knsld  im  t  wn  e  ars  n  /  mrn^,  e  shd  bt  thm  w/-  ani  mrsi. 
So,  wn  e  ars,  e  gth  im  a  grvs  krb-tre  kdgl,  &  gos  dn  nto  / 
dngn  t  thm,  &  thr  frst  fls  t  rats  \  thm  s  f  tha  wr  dgs,  altho 
tha  nvr  gv  im  a  wrd  \  d-tst.  Thn  e  fls  pn  thm,  &  bts  thm 
frF,  n  sch  srt,  t  tha  wr  nt  abl  t  elp  thmslvs,  r  t  trn  thm  pn 
/  flr.  Ths  dn,  e  wthdrws  &  Ivs  thm,  thr  t  k-dol  thr  msri 
&  t  mrn  ndr  thr  d-trs.  So  1  t  da  tha  spnt  /  tm  n  N  b  sis  & 
btr  Imnt".  /  nxt  nt,  she.  tiki?  wth  er  sbnd  abt  thm  frthr,  & 
Us  tha  wr  yt  alv,  dd  advs  im  t  knsl  thm  t  mk  awa  wth 
thmslvs.  So,  wn  mrn^  ws  km,  e  gs  t  thm  n  a  srli  mnr  s  bfr, 
&  prsvf^  thm  t  b  vri  sr  wth  /  strps  t  e  ad  gvn  thm  /  da  bfr, 
e  tld  thm,  t  sns  tha  wr  nvr  Ik  t  km  ot  \  t  pis,  thr  nli  wa  wd 
b  frth*"  t  mk  n  nd  \  thmslvs,  ethr  wth  nf,  Itr,  r  psn,  fr  wi, 
sd  e,  shd  u  chs  If,  ses  t  s  atndd  wth  so  mch  btr'  ?  B  tha 
dsrd  im  t  It  thm  go.  Wth  t  e  Ikd  ugli  pn  thm,  &  rsh*-'  t  thm, 
ad  dt'  md  n  nd  \  thm  imslf,  b  t  e  fl  nto  on  \  is  fts  (fr  e 
smtms,  n  snshni  wthr,  fl  nto  fts),  &  1st  fr  a  tm  /  us  \  is 
and;  wrfr  e  wthdru,  &  1ft  thm  s  bfr,  t  k-sdr  wt  t  do.  Thn 
dd  /  prsnrs  k-slt  btn  thmslvs,  wthr  t  ws  bst  t  tk  is  knsl  r 
no;  eS:  ths  tha  bgn  to  d-krs: — 

Krstn.  Brthr,  sd  Krstn,  wt  shl  w  do  ?  /  If  t  w  nw  Iv 
s  msr'.  Fr  mi  prt,  I  k  nt  wthr  s  bst,  t  Iv  ths,  r  t  di  ot  \ 
and,  "Mi  sl  chsth  strngls  rthr  thn  If"  (Jb.  vii.  15),  &  / 
grv  s  mr  esi  fr  m  thn  ths  dngn.     Shl  w  b  rid  bi  /  Gnt? 

Hpfl.  I,  r  p-snt  k-d"  s  drdfl,  &  dth  wd  b  fr  mr  wlkm  t 
m  thn  ths  fr  evr  t  abd;  b  yt.  It  us  k-sdr,  /  Lrd  X  kntri  t  w 
we  r  go?  ath  sed,  Tho  shit  do  no  mrdr;  no,  nt  t  nthr  mn's 
prsn,  mch  mr,  thn,  r  we  f-bdn  t  tk  is  knsl  t  kl  orslvs.  Bsds, 
e  t  kls  nthr,  kn  b  k-mt  mrdr  pn  is  bdi;  b  fr  on  t  kl  mslf  s  t 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND.  13 

kl  bdi  &  si  t  ons.  &,  mrvr,  mi  brthr,  tho  tlkst  \  es  n  / 
grv;  b  ast  tho  f-gtn  /  el,  wthr  fr  c  /  mrdrs  go?  Fr  "no 
mrdr  ath  trnl  If,"  &c.  &  It  us  k-sdr,  agn,  t  1  /  Iw  s  nt  n 
/  nd  \  Gnt  Dspr.  Othrs,  so  fr  s  I  kn  U,  h  bn  tkn  bi  im, 
as  wl  as  we;  &  yt  h  skpd  ot  \  is  and.  Wo  nos,  b  t  Gd  t 
md  /  wrld  ma  ks  t  Gnt  Dspr  ma  di  ?  r  t,  t  sm  tm  r  othr,  e 
ma  f-gt  t  Ik  us  n  ?  r  t  e  ma,  n  a  shrt  tm,  h  nthr  \  if  fts  bfr 
us,  &  ma  Is  /  us  \  is  1ms  ?  &  f  evr  t  shd  km  t  ps  agn,  fr 
mi  prt,  I  m  rslvd  t  plk  p  /  art  \  a  mn,  &  t  tri  mi  utmst  t 
gt  f  ndr  is  and.  I  ws  a  fl  t  I  dd  nt  tri  t  do  t  bfr;  b,  hwvr, 
mi  brthr,  It  us  b  ptnt,  &  ndr  a  wl.  /  tm  ma  km  t  ma  g  us 
a  api  rls;  b  It  us  nt  b  r  on  mrdrs.  Wth  ths  wrds,  Hpfl  t 
p-snt  dd  mdrt  /  mnd  \  is  brthr;  so  tha  k-tnd  tgthr  (n  / 
drk)  t  da,  n  thr  sd  &  dlfl  k-d". 

Wl,  t''  evnK,  /  Gnt  gs  dn  nto  /  dngn  agn,  t  se  f  is  prsnrs 
ad  tkn  is  knsl;  b  wn  e  km  thr  e  fnd  thm  alv;  &  trli,  alv  ws 
1;  fr  nw,  wt  fr  wnt  \  brd  &  wtr,  &  bi  rsn  X  wnds  tha  rsvd 
wn  e  bt  thm,  tha  kd  do  Itl  b  brth.  B,  I  sa,  e  fnd  thm  alv; 
t  w  e  fl  nto  a  grvs  rj,  &  tld  thm  t,  se  tha  ad  d-obd  is  knsl,  t 
shd  b  wrs  wth  thm  thn  f  tha  ad  nvr  bn  brn. 

T  ths  tha  trmbld  grtli,  &  I  thnk  t  Krstn  fl  nte  a  swn;  b, 
km8  a  Itl  t  mslf  agn,  tha  rnud  thr  d-krs  abt  /  Gnts  knsl;  & 
wther  yt  tha  ad  bst  t  tk  t  r  no.  Nw  Krstn  agn  smd  t  b  fr 
do«  t,  b  Hpfl  md  is  sknd  rpH  as  flth: — 

Hpfl.  Mi  brthr,  sd  e,  rmbrst  tho  nt  ho  vlnt  tho  ast  bn 
ertfr?  Apollyon  kd  nt  krsh  the,  nr  kd  1  t  tho  ddst  hr,  r  se, 
r  fl,  n  /  vli  X  shdw  \  dth.  Wt  ard?,  trr,  &  ams'  ast  tho 
Irdi  gn  thro  !  &  art  tho  nw  N  b  f r  ?  Tho  sest  t  I  m  n  / 
dngn  wth  the,  a  fr  wkr  mn  bi  ntr  thn  tho  art;  Iso  ths  Gnt  ath 
wndd  me  s  wl  s  the,  &  ath  Iso  kt  of  /  brd  &  wtr  f  mi  mth; 
&  wth  the  I  mm  w/-  /  It.  B  It  us  xrss  a  Itl  mr  ptns;  rmbr 
ho  tho  pldst  /  mn  t  Vnti  Fr,  &  wst  nthr  afrd  X  chn,  nr  kj, 
nr  yt  \  bldi  dth.  Wrfr  It  us  (t  1st  t  avd  /  shm,  t  bkms  nt 
a  Krstn  t  b  fnd  n)  br  p  wth  ptns  s  wl  s  we  kn. 


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14  ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND. 

Nw,  nt  h«  km  agn,  &  /  Gnt  &  is  wf  b^  n  bd,  sh  skd  im 
k-srn?  /  prsnrs,  &  f  tha  ad  tkn  is  knsl.  T  w  e  rpld,  Tha  r 
strdi  rgs,  tha  chs  rthr  t  br  1  ardP,  thn  t  mk  awawth  thmslvs. 
Thn  sd  sh,  Tk  thm  nto  /  ksl  yrd  t/m,  &  sho  thm  /  bns  & 
skis  \  ths  t  tho  ast  Irdi  d-pchd,  tS:  mk  thm  biv,  er  a  wk  kms 
t  n  end,  tho  Iso  wit  tr  thm  n  pss,  s  tho  ast  dn  thr  flos  bfr  thm. 

So  wn  /  mrns  ws  km.  /  Gnt  gos  t  thm  agn,  &  tks  thm 
nto  /  ksl  yrd,  &  shos  thm,  s  is  wf  ad  bdn  im.  Ths,  sed  e, 
wr  pigrms,  s  u  r.  ons,  &  tha  trspsd  n  mi  grnds,  s  u  h  dn;  & 
wn  I  tht  ft,  I  tr  thm  n  pss,  &  so,  wthn  tn  das,  I  wl  d  u.  Go, 
gt  u  dn  t  y  dn  agn;  &  wth  t  e  bt  thm  1  /  vva  ththr.  Tha 
la,  thrfr,  1  da  n  Strdas  n  a  Imnt'  ks,  s  bfr.  Nw,  wn  nt  ws 
km,  &  wn  Mrs.  Dfdns  &  er  usbnd,  /  Gnt,  wr  gt  t  bd,  tha 
bgn  to  rnu  thr  d-krs  \  thr  prsnrs,  &  wthl  /  old  Gnt  wndrd 
t  e  kd  nthr  b  is  bios  nr  is  knsl  br^  thm  t  n  end.  &  wth  t  is 
wf  rpld,  I  fr,  sd  sh,  t  tha  Iv  n  op  t  sm  wl  km  t  rlv  thm,  r  t 
tha  h  pklks  abt  thm,  b  /  mns  \  w  tha  op  t  skp.  &  sast 
tho  so,  mi  dr?  sd  /  Gnt;  I  wl  thrfr  srch  thm  n  /  mrn^. 

Wl,  n  Strda,  abt  mdnt,  tha  bgn  t  pra,  &  k-tnd  n  prr  tl 
Imst  brk  \  da. 

Nw,  a  Itl  bfr  t'ws  da,  gd  Krstn,  s  on  hf  amsd,  brk  ot  n 
ths  psnat  spch:  Wt  a  fl,  qth  e,  m  I,  ths  t  li  n  a  stnke  dngn 
wn  I  ma  s  wl  wlk  t  Ibrti  !  I  h  a  ke  n  mi  bsm,  kid  P-ms;  t 
wl,  I  m  prsdd,  opn  ani  Ik  n  Dt?  Ksl.  Thn  sd  Hpfl,  T  s  gd 
nus,  gd  brthr;  plk  t  ot  \  thi  bsm  &  tri. 

Then  Krstn  pld  t  ot  \  is  bsm,  &  bgn  t  tri  t  /  dngn  dr, 
ws  bit  (s  e  trnd  /  ke)  gv  bk,  &  /  dr  flu  opn  wth  es,  & 
Krstn  &  Hpfl  bth  km  ot.  Thn  e  wnt  t  /  of^  dr  t  Ids  nto  / 
ksl  yrd,  &  wth  is  ke  opnd  t  dr  Iso.  A  e  wnt  t  /  irn  gt,  fr 
t  mst  b  opnd  to;  b  t  Ik  wnt  dmn'  ard,  yt  /  ke  dd  opn  t. 
Thn  tha  thrst  opn  /  gt  t  mk  thr  skp  wth  spd,  b  t  gt,  s  t 
opnd,  md  sch  a  krk^,  t  t  wkd  Gnt  Dspr,  wo,  astli  ris^  t  prsu 
is  prsnrs,  fit  is  1ms  t  fl,  fr  is  fts  tk  im  agn,  so  t  e  kd  bi  no 
mns  go  a  thm.  Thn  tha  wnt  n,  &  km  t  /  Kng's  iwa,  <&  so 
wr  sf,  bks  tha  wr  ot  \  is  jrsdk". 


ABBREVIATED    LONGHAND.  15 

Nw,  wn  tha  wr  gn  ovr  /  stl,  tha  bgn  t  k-trv  wth  thmslvs 
wt  tha  shd  d  t  t  stl,  t  p-vnt  ths  t  shd  km  a,  f  fls  nto  /  ands 
\  Gnt  Dspr.  So  tha  k-sntd  t  erkt  thr  a  plr,  &  t  ngrv  pn  / 
sd  thrf  ths  sntns — "  Ovr  ths  stl  s  /  wa  t  Dt^  Ksl,  w  s  kpt 
b  Gnt  Dspr,  wo  d-psth  /  Kng  X  Slstl  Kntri,  &  sks  t  d-tro 
is  oli  plgrms."  Mni,  thrfr,  t  flod  a,  rd  wt  ws  rtn,  &  skpd  / 
dngr.     Ths  dn,  tha  sng  s  flos: — 

Ot  X  wa  w  wnt  &  thn  w  fnd 
Wt  'tws  t  trd  pn  f-bdn  grnd; 
&  It  thm  t  km  a  h  a  kr, 
Lst  edls'  mks  thm,  s  w  to  fr. 
Lst  tha  fr  trsps*-'  is  prsnrs  r, 
Wo's  ksis  Dts,  &  wo's  nm's  Dspr. 

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dence.  So,  when  /le  was  gone  to  bed,  he  told  /lis  wife  what 
he  had  done;  to  wit,  that  he  had  taken  a  couple  ^/prisoners, 
and  cast  them  into  his  dungeon,  for  trespassing  on  his 
grounds.  Then  he  asked  her  also  what  he  had  best  to  do 
further  to  them.  So  she  asked  him  what  they  were,  whence 
thty  came,  and  whither  they  were  bound;  and  he  told  her. 
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